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word of advice ! hold spoilers for Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars : Battleworld # 3!Spider - ManvillainElectrogained a major power rise that essentially move around him into Marvel ’s ownGreen Lantern . While the character has often been believe a lower - tier foeman of the Web - Slinger , this one upgrade could forthwith elevate Electro to A - List position if Marvel ever decides to revisit it in a future story .
Taking place during the original 1984Secret Warsevent , Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars : Battleworld#3 – by the creative squad of Tom DeFalco , Pat Olliffe , John Kalisz , and Joe Caramagna – sees a group of villains being manipulated by a mysterious faction . This group , which includes Electro , Absorbing Man , Hobgoblin , Constrictor and Baron Zemo , has also been severalise that humanity will be destroyed if they do n’t shoot down Spider - Man and his fellow Cuban sandwich . It is all part of an experiment , in which the baddie are also granted improved equipment and abilities .
This rise grant Electro a fascinating twist to his powers , as he gains the ability to make conception out of his lightning . Unfortunately for Electro , the power is short - lived , as he is quickly knocked unconscious . However , the fact he can do it at all is definitely an idea Marvel needs to revisit .
Spider - Man and Electro have been fighting for decades in comics , with a new set of cosplay photos turning their deadly feud into a real - world world !
Electro Shows Off His Brand New Powers
As his name might entail , Electro has mastery over all things electrical . He ’s able to fire lightning from his hands and has even transformed into survive lightning on occasion . He can also smell out vigor sources and interrupt Spider - Man ’s ability to bulwark - crawl due to stable electrical energy . All of these mogul are great , but this new gadget brings him much closer to the power of one of DC ’s Lanterns . A Green Lantern , for object lesson , can create bread and butter construct out of their own willpower . It ’s highly versatile and this new power - up grant Electro to do nearly the same thing with his energy .
Electro has never been one of Spider - Man ’s large scoundrel and that ’s mostly due to just how one - note his baron are . While he can control lightning , he ’s been totally ineffectual to makeGreen Lantern - esque concept out of electricity , until now . Often , while fight him , Spider - Man is just try out to get him wet somehow so as to shortsighted - circuit him . In fact , that ’s how he ’s eventually taken down in this issue during an encounter with Iceman . Electrocouldbe a grave enemy , but as it stands , he only tosses lightning bolts around before being tricked into hit a water supply tower . The ability to actually create concept would go a long way to making him more versatile .
Even Electro’s New Powers Can’t Overcome His Greatest Weakness
Spider - Man has many iconic villains , so it ’s no surprise that characters like Electro or Sandman are n’t used as much as the A - Listers like Doctor Octopus or Green Goblin . But one thing that would certainly boost Electro ’s popularity is giving him back the ability to create conception from his electrical energy . This would open up an entire young set of possibilities for him andElectrowould be capable to go from just anotherSpider - Manvillain to Marvel ’s very ownGreen Lantern .
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Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars : Battleworld#3 ( 2024 )
